India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier, the future INS Vikrant, left the country's southwestern port of Kochi on 4 August to embark on its maiden...

FS Courbet has become the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates to be refitted with MBDA's Sadral ship self-defence missile system.

Israel's ministries of defence and finance reached an agreement together with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on a new annual defence budget for 2022, worth ILS58 billion...

The Polish Armaments Inspectorate (AI) ordered three coastal defence frigates on 27 July from a consortium led by Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (Polish Armaments Group, PGZ)...

The United Kingdom and Vietnam are aiming to expand defence industry co-operation as part of a wider effort to strengthen strategic ties.

The incorporation of deployed and proven US Navy (USN) systems will help lower the risk on the development of the Constellation-class guided-missile frigate (FFG 62),...

Working to strengthen the United States' relationship with Central and South American countries will be central to stemming off growing Chinese and Russian influence in...

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has demonstrated a swarming drone defeat capability using a ‘non-kinetic' Coyote Block 3 variant reusable air vehicle.

US-based L3Harris Technologies has agreed to sell its Electron Devices business to US private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners for USD185 million as part of its...

Amid heightened tensions with neighbouring China, India announced on 2 August that it will send a naval task force on a months-long deployment to Southeast Asia, the...

The Brazilian Army formally approved a plan to further upgrade its Fennec AvEx and AS365K2 Super Pantera helicopters on 30 July. The work will increase the types'...

The Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) received its first-ever submarine search-and-rescue (SAR) ship in a ceremony held on 30 July at the Z189 shipyard in Hải Phòng that was...

Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) has provided Janes with details of its role in the Bundeswehr's procurement of the Hughes Air Defence Radar (HADR) Nachfolgesystem...

Engineers at the US Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) have designed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based decision aid designed to assist sailors...

The South Korean military will begin trailing two new types of locally sourced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the first half of 2022.

Athens-based commercial and military rigid inflatable boat (RIB) manufacturer Barracuda has showcased its indigenously developed Barracuda 747 Multi-Mission (747MM)...

The government of South Korea has cut KRW562.9 billion (USD484.4 million) from the country's 2021 defence budget in response to economic pressures stemming from the...

Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Baykar Makina has unveiled concept drawings of its MIUS (Turkish for National Unmanned Aircraft System) unmanned...

Australian companies Electro Optic Systems (EOS) and Nova Systems announced a partnership on 3 August to support the domestic production of missile systems.

US-based Parker Hannifin Corporation has agreed to acquire fellow motion and control system provider Meggitt plc of the United Kingdom for GBP6.3 billion (USD8.8...